Multicultural Issues Chapters 4-7

English dialects vary mostly by vowels.

• True

• False

Explain why the concept of being "color blind" is problematic.

How can public schools teach about religion?

What is a cause of Xenophobia?

• Assimilation

• Nativism

• Both A and B

• None of the above

What is the definition of speech?

• A verbal means of communication. The result of planning and executing specific motor sequences, a process that requires very precise neuromuscular coordination.

• A socially shared code or conventional system for representing concepts by using arbitrary symbols and rule-governed combinations of those symbols. In other words, the symbols or words are arbitrary, but speakers know the meanings of these symbols, which are, in turn, organized in certain ways to convey ideas.

• Rule governed variation in a language used by racial, ethnic, geographic, or socioeconomic groups.

What factor does NOT contribute to dialectal development and differences?

• Geography

• Socioeconomic status

• Race and ethnicity

• First- or second-language learning

• Age

Ownership of land and resources was the main source of conflict between Europeans and Native Americans, and is still being fought over today.

• True

• False

List 2 examples of nativist attitudes in the US today.

Why do immigrants tend to lose their native language?

• Parents learn more English

• Assimilation into schools

• Children have less exposure and encouragement to learn the language their parents spoke

Which of the following statements is true about oppression?

• Oppression exists when a society, organization, group, or individual intentionally or unintentionally distributes resources inequitably.

• Oppression exists when a society, organization, group, or individual refuses to share power and imposes ethnocentric culture.

• Oppression exists when a society, organization, group, or individual maintains unresponsive and inflexible institutions toward another entity for benefit.

• Oppression exists when a society, organization, group, or individual rationalizes its actions by blaming or ignoring the victim.

• All of the above